By Tom Renner South Haven High School athletics had a unique historic moment last Tuesday as the baseball and softball teams clinched within an hour of each other conference championships on their respective home fields.First, the baseball Rams defeated Allegan in a unique way as they completed a game that had been rained out midway Read More…
By James Windell After 75 years of educating children in South Haven, St. Basil Catholic School will close on June 5, 2025.Principal Jennifer Marcheschi confirmed that the school, which has students from pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade, will permanently close at the end of this school year, but she said she couldn’t make any other Read More…
By James Windell The South Haven City Council called a special meeting for Friday, May 16, 2025 at 8:00 am. However, the agenda for this surprise meeting had only one item listed: Discussion, deliberation and potential action regarding personnel matters.Prior to the meeting at the City Hall, neither City Council members nor members of the Read More…
Linda Stermer, a Van Buren County woman convicted of murdering her husband back in 2007, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a judge ruled Monday.Stermer also received credit for 3,367 days already served.“I came to this court filled with hope, hope that the questions which had been unanswered for Read More…
GOBLES – Gobles will hold a Memorial Day Parade at 9 a.m., Monday, May 26, that will travel down State Street (M-40). Lineup will begin at the Gobles High School parking lot at 8:30 a.m.LAWRENCE – Lawrence will hold a Memorial Day Parade at 10 a.m., Monday, May 26, with a service to follow at Read More…
PAW PAW – Paw Paw’s 104rd annual Memorial Day services will be held Monday, May 27, with the annual parade starting at 10 a.m. from the Bistro 120 parking lot, via Michigan Avenue to the Veterans Memorial Park for services.Following the services, a luncheon will be held at the American Legion Hall on Niles Street.Decorating Read More…
CENTREVILLE — A 69-year-old man was convicted by a St. Joseph County jury Friday of three counts of criminal sexual conduct. Geral Whitney of Harrison, Mich., was originally charged in 2023 with allegedly sexually assaulting a relative 20 years ago. A jury found him guilty of one county of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and two Read More…
COLON — St. Joseph County sheriff’s deputies arrested a person on Wednesday that police claim was “dangerous and violent” and was making threats to Colon residents. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office, Colon Police Department officers requested deputies’ assistance at 11:30 a.m. in arresting the suspect in the area of Dallas Street and Read More…
Students from Three Rivers High School’s forensic science class investigated a mock crime scene in a wooded area near the high school Monday as part of a day where the class also took a trip to the Michigan State Police Crime Lab in Grand Rapids to talk with forensic scientists, all to learn more about Read More…